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Re: git merge remote branch says

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 22, 2009, 18:10 UTC
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<20090522181023.GA11913@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<loom.20090522T175633-762@post.gmane.org>
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:08:41PM +0000, Eric Raible wrote:
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> I wasn't trying to argue that a pull would be a good idea, but more
> that it's not that expensive because of the content-addressable
> nature of git's object store.
> 
> And saying that is "might be costly" could be misleading to people
> who haven't groked how a commit is a commit is a commit.

OK, then I agree with you. My "costly" was just "I don't want to touch the network if I don't have to".

-Peff
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  4. Jeff KingMay 22, 2009
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  6. Jeff KingMay 22, 2009
  7. Johannes SixtMay 22, 2009
  8. Jeff KingMay 23, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2009
  10. Jeff KingMay 25, 2009

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